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Boxing Memories from Joe Chipchase
Local History Book by Joe Chipchase
BYKER BOXERS
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This Article contains extracts from 'Byker Boxers' by kind permission of its Author, Joe Chipchase.
[ Joe was a Penshaw Lad who later crossed The Wear to live in Washington. ]
Bare-Knuckle Boxing Fatality
( Usworth - March 1863 )
The VENUES
THE FIGHT
A Field near Usworth Station
Left at the level crossing for the New Inn
THE INQUEST
The New Inn Public House
Straight ahead to Usworth Station
40 YEARS AFTER THE FIGHT
Note the remote location of Usworth Station in the 1900s.
The New Inn is on the South-East corner of the crossroads at New Washington.
New St. James Hall
( Strawberry Place, Newcastle )
BOXING & WRESTLING VENUE
Built by a Washington Man
Directly opposite Newcastle United's Gallowgate End
[ Picture thanks to Evening Chronicle ]
